Black lawmakers at odds with Ferguson over $100M police hiring plan
Washington’s new Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson has vowed to veto any state budget bill that does not include $100 million for ...
Amid AI boom, Gov. Ferguson creates workgroup to study impact of data centers in Washington state
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson today announced that he's forming a work group to dig into the impacts of data centers in the ...
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The Mystery of the Four Bobs
Which of these four Bobs did we just elect to the governor’s office? All of us contain multitudes, of course, and our new ...
Statewide student meals initiative in Washington hits legislative challenges
House and Senate proposals, with sponsors from both parties, would require schools to provide free lunches to all students ...
Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue
The Seattle Times and ProPublica reported on how the state created a massive tax break for data centers, encouraging the growth of an industry whose energy use conflicts with a goal for utilities to ...
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Gov. Ferguson launches workgroup to assess data center impact in Olympia
Gov. Bob Ferguson has initiated a workgroup to evaluate the effects of data centers on Washington's economy, tax revenue, ...
WA governor orders team to study data centers’ energy, tax, jobs impact
The executive order to evaluate the environmental and economic impacts of the data center industry follows a Seattle Times ...
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Blue states fear invasion by red-state National Guard troops for deportations
Inspired by President Donald Trump’s call to round up immigrants who are in the country illegally, Republican governors would ...
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WA governor orders team to study data centers’ environmental and jobs impact
In one of his earliest actions as Washington’s new governor, Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed an executive order forming a team ...
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Three low-income housing projects in Vancouver get money from state
Three Vancouver low-income housing projects are receiving money from the state to defray development costs. Gov. Bob Ferguson and the Washington State Department of Commerce last week announced $14.6 ...
Washington state ballooning lawsuit settlements, legal costs add to budget woes
In May of 2022, police and medics responding to a 911 call found 2-year-old Jose Fernandez Armas dead in a Kent motel room with a fractured skull and jaw and massive internal injuries.